floyd6451 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 :I noticed that there was a border feature under the Quilt option of Design & Create ( Pg 17 in QuiltCAD QuiltPath.pdf) so I thought I would try it. click n Quilt Set Size added block across and down until I got the block size I was after. used select Border clicked once for corners selected a corner pattern and placed it 4 corners done clicked border again now edged minus corners highlighted selected pattern and placed it clicked border once more to highlight entire border clicked Tools on taskbar with File, Edit, Select, etc.. selected CW Border. magic, magic a border appears saved. Clicked Quilt set Safe Area pattern comes up out of safe area ( of course it's quilt size ) Optimize shows 18 trims ?wtf ? I click animate and watch a strange sequence of quilting so much for the magic. I re-sequenced the numbers ( the Yellow Dots on the Optimize ) so the numbers made sense and the trims went away. save again and now back to that safe area thing ..wish me luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgene Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Yes, lots of luck and let us know how it goes. I want investigate this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd6451 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 I guess it's going to take more then just luck.. I've tried a few different things but no go. Seems like the Virtual Longarm plug-in should work but when I tried using this it truncates the right side of the pattern giving up around 71 inches wide. I have a 12 foot table with Safe Area set to MAX. This runner is 25 x 80 so It's time to give up for the day. I am thinking drinking wine and watching Amazing Race is a better waste of time for the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klwheeler Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Have you used the ruler or measure tool to do a panto? I would in "Design Quilt" mode set size of top in inches Horizontal and Vertical. Then set block size to 2 inches. That gives you a grid to work with. Then you can select blocks and merge them to allow for borders and end blocks. You can set a panto into the merged borders and have it nest the ends. I think it also allows clockwise or counter clockwise borders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd6451 Posted March 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Thanks, Karen I'm not having prob;ems with then design part it trying to get it to quilt. It's a very simple job I would think QP would love to do it. I've finished all the blocks and SID and stuff all that is left is to fill the 5 inch border . Virtual longarm says it's for quilting patterns that exceed your machine. My pattern is 25 x 80. It should break down into 2 rows. This part happens just fine but the right side of the pattern is truncated even if I break the design into multiple sections. Something is broken (besides me). Will see what APQS has to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirleyl Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Curious to find out how to do it. Obviously I need the newer version! Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd6451 Posted April 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I spoke with Marie at Grace about this issue and of course it worked just fine on her system. I feel special anyway won't get a chance to debug this till later in the week so the saga will continue ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnCavanaugh Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Anxious to hear how it turns out, Tom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floyd6451 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2014 Got an email from Grace seems there IS an issue where the border (Quick, CW or CCW) function and the Virtual Longarm plug-in don't play well. So..... until that's fixed you gotta do borders manually (IE not Quick) I'm starting to make friends with the Rotate key I'm also going to try making my own cuts with the Sew Quilt portion of quilt path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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